The Albedo of Mercury Is About 0

question 86

Multiple Choice

The albedo of Mercury is about 0.1. This means that

• A) Mercury reflects 9/10 of the sunlight falling on it.
• B) 1/10 of Mercury's surface is cloud-covered.
• C) Mercury is visible only 1/10 of the time.
• D) Mercury reflects 1/10 of the sunlight falling on it.

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Definitions:

Normal Model

A distribution of probability that exhibits symmetry around the mean, demonstrating that data points close to the mean occur more frequently than those far from it.

Volumes

Quantities of three-dimensional space enclosed within a boundary or the contents within a container, measured in cubic units.

Normal Model

A symmetric probability distribution around the mean, indicating that occurrences of data are more common close to the mean than far from it.

Snowfall

The precipitation of flakes of crystalline water ice from clouds.